Irrigation tank and cabinet combined



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Application November 14, 1949, Serial No. 126,989

1 Claim. (Cl. 128-227) The present invention relates to a novel structural assemblage which is expressly, but not necessarily, adapted to be installed for use in a bathroom in ones living quarters such as, home, apartment, hotel or the like and has more specific reference to an irrigation tank and enclosin case or cabinet therefor.

Needless to say, the art to which the invention relates reveals many and various styles of cabinet protected irrigation tanks, douche bags and the like. The object of the present invention is to structurally, functionally and otherwise improve upon those types which have come to my attention and which, so far as I have been able to ascertain, have failed to be successfully marketed and used for one reason or another.

In carrying out the principles of the invention a simple wall-type cabinet is utilized, the same having an open front which is closable by a hinged door, having a bottom, said bottom being provided with a clearance notch for the discharge hose, there being a leg supported shelf in said cabinet and said shelf being so positioned and related to the other parts as to assist in maintaining the hose in its coiled state when the .tank is not in use.

A further object has to do with a cabinet of the stated construction wherein an arcuate adapter is installed, said adapter serving to assist in reeling and holding the hose in its out-of-the-way position and also serving as a shield to lid over the open top tank.

Briefly summarized, the invention in its preferred form has to do with a cabinet of suitable proportions and shape, said cabinet embodying a back wall, top, bottom and vertical side walls and having its customary open front closed by a hingedly mounted door or the like. The cabinet is adapted to house a tank or bag which is equipped with a hose. A longitudinallyarched or arcuate plate, which is transversely flat, is secured to the interior of the back wall and is confined. in the cabinet and serves primarily as a hose coiling and hanging rack. To assist in maintaining the hose in place, the outer edge portion of the plate is provided with an upstanding guard flange or lip. The bottom wall of the cabinet has a slot therein for the hose to pass through, and in addition there is a shelf at right angles to one of the end walls, which shelf is on the interior of the cabinet and is supported in an elevated position above the bottom by a carefully placed leg, the shelf being on a plane below the arcuate plate andhaving one edge portion spaced in a predetermined manner from the adjacent end of the plate to provide an accommodation space for the hose windings.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination irrigation tank and cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention and showing how it is made and used.

Figure 2 is a centralvertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 22 of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a corner portion of the irrigation tank.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to.

Figure 1 it will be observed that the cabinet is of usual rectangular box-like form and is denoted by the numeral 6 and is adapted to be attached in any suitable way to a wall in a bathroom, toilet or equivalent convenient room. The cabinet includes a vertical back wall 8, horizontal top and bottom walls l0 and I2 and vertical side walls I4 and I6. The cabinet has an open front, and this is closed by a, suitable swinging door l8 which is hinged in place at 20 and which may, if desired, be provided with a mirror (not shown) On the interior there is a shelf 2| and this is. suitably fastened to the walls 8 and I4 along. certain edges and has one corner portion propped and held up by a single leg 22 which is attached. to the bottom wall l2. There is also an adapter plate 24 forming a part of the cabinet and thisis of arcuate or arched form as shown and has an inwardly disposed longitudinal down bent flange 26 which is securedto the wall 8. Then, too, there is an outwardly disposed upturned edge flange 28 which constitutes a guard lip for the hose. This plate and lip serve to accommodate the coiled portions or convolutions 3c of the irrigation hose. One end of the hose, the free end, is provided with a suitable fitting 32 to accommodate nozzles and other devices. The other end of the hose is attached to a restricted outlet 34 forming the funnel-like bottom 35 of the tank 38. One wall of the latter has a keyhole slot 40 to be fastened to a rivet or the like 42 mounted in the cabinet. I provide either one or two slots and rivets, as needed. It will be noted that the bottom wall I2 is provided directly beneath the discharge portion 34 of the tank with a clearance notch 44 which serves to permit the hose to be drawn downwardly through the bottom of the cabinet when used for taking an enema or a douche, as the case may be.

It will be seen that the length of the hose adapter plate is greater than the open upper end of the tank, that said plate therefore serves as a satisfactory bend and shield for said open end and also causes the, coils of the hose to satisfactorily encircle the bag or tank- 38 without crowding it. The cross-section of the tank is such in relation to the area of the chamber of the cabinet to coact with the hose and the especially located shelf 20 in properly housing said parts. This permits the shelf "to be employed for holding nozzles and accessories. The space beneath the shelf may be employed to :accommodate a bottle of medicine or the like.

All of the parts are essentialto "the overall accommodation and each performs its propertionate share in going to make up a cabinet con- 'In a structure of the classfiescribed, a cabinet :adapted to contain a hose equipped tank, said cabinet embodying a back wall, top, bottom and vertical side walls and a hinged door, a substantially arcuate adapter plate secured to the ininterior of the back wall and projecting into the cabinet, said plate constituting a hose adapter rack and the outer edge portion of the plate having an upstanding flange serving as a hose retaining lip, the bottom wal1 having a hose slot formed therein, a shelf at right angles to one of said side walls, said shelf being attached to said side wall and supported from the bottom wall by a leg, and an edge portion of the shelf being spaced in a predetermined manner from said adapter plate to provide accommodation space for ceilings of a hose.

OLIVE L. LADEWIG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file .of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 476,402 Meyer June '37, 189.2 390,194 Strong .June 9, 19.08 1,697,229 De Mott Jan. 1,1929 2,170,281 Snow Aug. 22, 1.939 2,254,431 Levine .Sept. '2, 19.41

-."EQREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 25 ,248 Germany Dec. '13, 1883 1289197 Germany Dec. '9, "1915 

